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`UNITED STATES PATEN .l

WARRENNIOHOLS, or LIMA; OHio; `.Lissicmon 'ro HIMSELFQ 1 i103 i O 1orsroiinsonio. .1 y y on'rfrLE-rumr.

faber 6.11859 Specification of` Letters Patent No. 26,399, dated fIJeceTo all whom 'it may concern: 1 y in the direction indicated .byfthe`a`r`ro Be it known that I, WARREN NICHOLS, of Fig. l. The arrangementissuchastoall Lima, in the county of Allen andState of the pulleys `D to.turn lfreely back uponf` Ohio, have invented certain Improvements.shaft, as beforeintimated` andyas shownb in Cattle-Pumps, theconstructionand operathe drawings. The wheel l ctedb tion of whichI havedescribed in the followa belt g to the` pulley G1 ontlieishaftl:ofthe`ing specification and illustrated in its accrankwhichoperatesthepistonofthefpuinp companying drawings with sufficient"clearto draw thewater from the well.`: willlbe `ness to enable competentand skilful workobvious from what has been said thatthe demen in thearts to which it pertains or is pression of eitherlplatformwillwturnvtlie .i most nearly allied to make and use my inwheel E by itsconnection withthe pulleyG, vention. Y and` consequently `that the `crshaft" upon My said invention is intended to remedy which the saidpullethe difficulty of inducing cattle` to pump a the pump. y y. l q y ysuilicient supply of water for their Own use To obviatethe of `a weig yy from deep wells, which purpose I accomplish l. counterpoise to lreturn each platform toits by the following improvements, namely.highest position",after`it has been depressed, First, the devicehereinafter described, by I have conceived a plan" of soconnecting thewhich the animal is induced to change positwo platforms by means of the`beam H` and tion from one platform to another, thereby the cords orrodsh, 774'?, as shown, that the giving increased operation to the pump,as depression of one platformbrings `the other subsequently set forth;second, the arrange- `into the` position to tbe again. operated as"lment of parts by which the supply stream before. It is obviousthat thesame result of water is changed from one trough to the may be attainedin `"substantially "thesame .y 25 other, as set forth. way by usingpulleys and" a""cord`or"chain l The accompanying drawings represent my`passing over them,` 'nsteadfof the beam. l invention as follows: Figurel, isa side ele- The water is conducted from `the pump onits vation ofmy improved cattle pump. Fig. 2 way to the troughs by a spoutf I, whichde. t is a plan. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. livers it into anintermediate spout J, from 30 4: is a detail View, showing more clearlythe which it is delivered; to the troughs YK, K. y mode of operating thecovers which close the This spout J has al partition "at or near troughsand cause the animal to change pothe middle for the` purpose of`directimgf the sition. stream of water to onetrough or the other y y A,A, are the platforms, which are hung y as may beindicatedby the positionof they@ y 35 at the rear end to the bed framing B by `spout I. Theposition of this spout Ilis` means of hinges a, c, as shown in Figs. land changed `for the purpose of supplying water 3. The timbers C uponwhich the platform to each trough alternately, by` means of"4 an l f lis supported, extend forward so as to connect arm la attached to thelever orfbe'alm H, and with the cords d, d', which pass over the aseither platform descends'iit shifts" the y 40 pulleys D, D, on the shaftof the wheel E. stream from the trough` forward of it to` 95 These cordsCZ, cl, also pass down under the the one opposite, as will be obviousfrom an ulleys F, F', and are returned from the inspectionof theconstruction of the parts @y back side of these pulleys to the back sideof as represented in the drawings. This change j l the pulleys D, D,forthe purpose of turnis made just as the platform `closes its de 45 ingthem backward on the shaft, and thereby scent or reaches its lowestposition, `which 100 taking up the cord on the front side, so as toserves to call the attention y "the animal in prepare it to operate thewheel E at the next the direction of the,opposite` trough just atdescent of the platform to which it is conthe proper moment, and acts toinduce him nected. These pulleys D, D, are hung to go to the oppositeplatform fromthe one` 1 1 50 loosely upon the shaft to allow them toreupon which he is standing." As a further 105 volve upon it which theyare allowed to do inducement to thischange of` position, the l in abackward direction. They are so condrnking troughs areprovided withlidsl or nected to the wheel by the pawls c, e', and covers L, L', hichare hinged to the lback 3 ratchet wheels f, 7', that if` either ofthemis side of the troughs, and are closed upon the y 55 turned forward itwill propelthe wheel E descent of theplatform to `which they be-llt`long. To accomplish this, an arm Z, Z', is'

extended back from each cover as shown, and upon the descent of theplatform this arm strikes upon a stop M or M, and the continued descentof the platform closes the cover down upon the trough as sho-wn inFig. 1. The stops M, M, are stationary and permanently attached to afixed frame, while the drinking troughs are attached upon the platformsand move with them. The animal being thus shut away from the water inthe trough before which he is standing, is thus induced to seek a moreeligible situation for his purpose, and this he does by going upon theother platform and drinking from the other trough the lid of which israised by means of a string N or N, which connects the arm which extendsback from the lid with the stop which acts to shut the cover down, asshown in Fig. 4. It is evident that a permanent stop set in the properposition would answer the same purpose as the string and might be lessliable to derangement. By these improvements the raising of an abundanceof water is insured, and a constant supply of the fluid kept on hand sothat the troughs are never empty.

Having thus fully described the said invention, I claim as theimprovements which constitute it, and which were originally and 'firstinvented by me:

direction of the water is changed near the close of the descent of theplatform as set A forth, for the purpose stated. f

. WARREN NICHOLS. Witnesses:

J. L. HUGHES, `JOHN P. I-IALLER.v

